Sounds like a good opportunity to test preparedness for a Zombie Attack.
Gunships and carpet bombing. It is the only real answer. Really, think about it for a moment.
The government is consistent.
On the border we take aliens in, and our troops do nothing. We protect and defend aliens.
In Area 51, where aliens are purportedly stored, along with other black projects, the government will defend the perimeter, coincidentally again protecting the aliens! /S
(Yeah, different type of aliens, I know)
Have you ever been Microwaved ? LOL
From the stuff I’ve read and heard, if there ever was alien tech (or even aliens themselves) at Groom Lake, they are both decades gone.
I agree. It is a very bad idea.
They would not find anything interesting, just do a lot of damage and a lot of people would get injured.
The organizers should come to their senses and cancel it.
All currently serving and former Freepers who are/were in the military know there are numerous bases and defense installations were it expressly posted that any trespassing will be met with immediate deadly force and without warning. These people must be stupid, suicidal or both.
Why should the people headed to area 51 be worried? The government/military isn’t doing anything about foreigners storming our Southern border.
If only the national government took our borders as seriously as they do a military reservation.
That’s really what needs to happen. Trillions yearly for “National Defense”, but it doesn’t appear there’s much defending going on.
They’ll feel up Gramma at the airport though. How can anyone take these people seriously?
If you come across an area that has a big fence and a sign that tells you to stay out or you will be shot, I suggest that you stay out. The big red letters saying “use of deadly force authorized” means exactly what it says.
I have no-doubt they would. They might try less lethal force, but the Air Force is (and all services are from what I can tell) serious about "protection level 1" assets. Typically use of deadly force is not only authorized, it is expected. I have personally asked security forces personnel about this and they have no qualms about spilling blood in the line of duty. None. If they did, they wouldn't be there.
I agree, a few people show up and do something stupid, they'll get arrested. Oh, and arrested on federal land, where there might be some question about "national security" means you don't get a phone call, you don't get a lawyer. You are held indefinitely at the discretion of the base commander. Now yes, he/she will eventually have to answer to higher command re: holding prisoners, but... As someone else pointed out, you could be there for days, even a few weeks while they pry into every facet of your background, friends, family, etc. to see just why you were after top secret information. Oh, you weren't? Well that's not what it looked like from their side of the fence...
If a few hundred push through into the base, I would expect a line of vehicles to greet them. Next step might be for them to pull back (they can afford to trade some space here), and have a chopper make a pass and unload a mini gun, chewing up a line a few yards in front of them. Me, a rope of 30 cal would certainly dissuade me but then, I'm not a loony lib...
If they approach buildings or base personnel and are not responding to commands, I expect limited deadly force to be applied to the leading echelon. I doubt the fools that show up have a death wish, and I know the Air Force doesn't want the PR black eye. But they will not shrink from their duty to protect the US. That means protecting whatever expert personnel and technology may be present. They will not let it be compromised.
The Desert don't stain. Amazing how a couple of days of intense UV just cleans everything up and dries it out out. Anything big gets cleaned up by the vultures and coyotes.
Before the show started we got to wander around a bit and there was writing on the tarmac all over the place.
The one thing I recall clearly were the several things I saw "Out Of Bounds:Lethal Force Authorized".
I didn't go beyond those lines.
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IAC, only the first row needs to dropped in their tracks... The rest will immediately self deport...
This is much ado bout nothing.
First, a bunch of people are not going to show up in the middle of the desert to “storm Area 51”, at least not enough to be any real threat. That area is remote as hell and tough as nails.
Secondly, the Air Force isn’t going to do anything, they can’t on US soil. The National Guard, local PD and the Area 51 hired security will however, and what they’ll do is arrest any idiot that tries.
I get the secrecy aspect of national defense but the military works for us. Threatening citizens? F them.
Just pretend it’s the southern border.
Just release a few hundred diamondbacks in their path.